A Malaysian court has fined 23-year-old social media influencer Tang Sie Luk RM40,000 ($12,800) for filming and posting an offensive video showing teenage boys giving a homeless man rice mixed with chicken bones.

 

Tang pleaded guilty to knowingly creating and uploading extremely offensive content with the intent to cause annoyance under Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, according to foreign media reports. 

 

Judge Sazlina Safie also ordered a four-month prison term if Tang failed to pay the fine. He paid the fine immediately after the verdict.

 

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The video was first uploaded to the Chinese social media platform Douyin on August 3, 2025, before spreading rapidly to Instagram, where it went viral and drew strong public condemnation.

 

The video begins with a voiceover stating, “Today we are going to do a kind deed.” It then shows three teenage boys eating fried chicken from a KFC box before saying it would be “a waste” to throw the bones away. They packed the chicken bones with rice and claimed they planned to donate the food.

 

The boys later handed the food scraps to a homeless man along Jalan Wong Ah Fook in Johor Bahru while recording the interaction.

 

During mitigation, Tang, who represented himself, requested a minimum fine, expressing remorse and apologising for his actions. He admitted to uploading the video, which was over a minute long.

 

However, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission deputy public prosecutor Fadhi Ab Wahab urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence, saying the act caused real harm to the victim.

 

“The victim has also said he felt insulted and angry by the accused's actions. This was not an act of charity. It was a calculated act of exploitation, using human suffering to create social media content for entertainment and public attention,” he told the court.